Made for Europe

Cost and risk-effective sourcing from new markets

Neutral, competent, cost-effective

You are planning to import? Fresh fruit and vegetables? Cut flowers? Technical wood? Natural ingredients for foods, pharmaceutics, cosmetics? We have the contacts you need and are at your side throughout the entire sourcing process.

We network you with the right exporters.

Accessing new sources of supply is labour intensive and time consuming. There are plenty of risks and unknowns. You  can reduce your initiation, agreement and control costs with the Import Promotion Desk. Gain certainty and time as we have the contacts, information and communication channels to your new foreign suppliers.

Hand in hand with the German private sector

The IPD is an initiative of the Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (Bundesverband Großhandel, Außenhandel, Dienstleistungen e.V.) and sequa gGmbH – the development organisation of German industry. We are funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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News

IPD sets off into the third project phase
In the upcoming three years, the IPD will extend its activities to promote imports. The extension of the project by the BMZ shows that the IPD's import promotion is having an impact.

»Our recipe for success is to focus on sustainability«

Interview with Dr. Julia Hoffmann – Head of Import Promotion Desk
Dr. Julia Hoffmann explains why supporting exports is an essential instrument in international development cooperation and outlines the IPD’s strategy for opening up the German and European markets to developing countries.

Read the entire interview

»With the IPD we are closing a strategic gap at the interface of development cooperation and foreign trade: By eliminating trade barriers and information deficits, we contribute to the improved participation of emerging and developing countries in the global economy, but also support German SMEs in developing new procurement markets.«

Gregor Wolf
Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA)

»It is important for developing countries and emerging nations to integrate into international value chains and thus obtain access to new sales markets. This is where the IPD makes a valuable contribution: it opens the German and European market to producers from these regions.«

Anja Gomm
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

»Organisations such as the IPD are valuable tools for the economy not only in Germany but also in partner countries. The IPD provides German importers with information and connects them with suppliers. Even more important is the fact that the IPD and its partner organisations evaluate the suppliers and the information beforehand and therefore minimize the risk for European importers. For exporters from foreign countries, the IPD is an excellent platform to present their products and to get in contact to potential clients.«

Christian Körting Pacheco
Biomaderas GmbH

"One should think that with today's technical facilities it is easy to find new suppliers and customers in other countries. In reality,  this is a time-consuming and personnel-intensive effort. The IPD offers ideal networking opportunities in a wide range of sectors, facilitating, for instance in the wood sector, the establishment of new and safe commercial relationships with emerging and developing countries."

Nils Olaf Petersen
Gesamtverband Deutscher Holzhandel e.V.

»The import of food as a primary commodity for the processing industry up to the final product plays a vital role when it comes to enabling consumers to choose from a variety of tasty and safe foods. An interface such as the IPD promotes and supports business contacts between importers and exporters and thus creates an ideal platform for mutual trade relationships which are the foundation for a diverse and healthy food supply.«

Dr. Helena Melnikov
Waren-Verein der Hamburger Börse e.V.

»Exporters from emerging markets and developing countries and importers from Europe depend on all types of support from associations, Chambers of Industry and Commerce and other BMOs.The IPD is another useful tool to bring partners from Germany and abroad together.«

Hans Udo Bürk
Biotropic GmbH

»Numerous companies from the German nutrition industry depend on the import of high-quality food products.  Many of these raw materials cannot be grown in Germany at all or only to an insufficient extent. The Import Promotion Desk can play an important role in the establishment of a mutually satisfactory collaboration between food importers from Germany and reliable food exporters from selected commodity markets.«

Olivier Kölsch
Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Ernährungsindustrie e.V.

News

Bonn/Berlin // 04.10.2018
SIAL 2018: Product diversity from Ethiopia
 
Bonn/Berlin // 04.10.2018

SIAL 2018: Product diversity from Ethiopia

Import Promotion Desk presents specialities from emerging markets and developing countries at the international food exhibition

Bonn/Berlin (Germany), 4 October 2018 – With “Worldwide Sourcing for Europe” as its motto, the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) together with the “Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries” (CBI), an import promotion programme from the Netherlands, will present regional producers from emerging markets and developing countries at SIAL. The exhibition, the leading food exhibition, will take place from 21 to 25 October 2018 in Paris.
26 exporters from Egypt, Ethiopia, Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Peru, Tunisia, and Mozambique will offer a wide product range of regional specialities. A special focus at the IPD exhibition stand will be on the IPD partner nation Ethiopia: teff and spices, beans and pulses, seeds and oilseed – the Ethiopian companies demonstrate the product diversity of this African country.

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Germany/Netherlands // 06.-10.08.2018
IPD exporters from Egypt and Tunisia visiting German and Dutch importers
 
Germany/Netherlands // 06.-10.08.2018

IPD exporters from Egypt and Tunisia visiting German and Dutch importers

Establishing contacts – presenting products – talking sales – this formed the focus of the Selling Mission to which IPD invited three Egyptian and two Tunisian suppliers to Europe. The exporters have been given the opportunity to present their products to interested importers from Germany and the Netherlands. Therefore, IPD has previously arranged meetings with suitable buyers.

Within five days, the international delegation has visited ten companies and presented their range of nuts and dried fruits in Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg, Amsterdam and other cities. The Egyptians particularly brought cashew cornels and dates as well as a wide range of different date products. The Tunisian on the other side encountered great interest with their organic certified products, including dried pomegranate seeds, dates and various date products. Both exporters and the visited importers have been very pleased with the outcome of the individually arranged B2B meetings.

“The personal visit to our company allowed us to comprehensively communicate our needs and requirements to the suppliers without any pressure of time. Thanks to the pre-selection of IPD, we can also be sure that the suppliers are reliable trade partners”, concludes Michael Hebendanz, CEO of Delphi Organic GmbH.

Furthermore, both sides praised the very suitable matchmaking conducted by IPD. Due to the carefully selected exporters, their product range coincided with the actual demand of the buyers. Thus the participants have been able to exchange their experiences directly and negotiate in a targeted manner. The basis for a long-term relationship has been build!

 

Bonn // 25.07.2018
Import Promotion Desk intensiviert Aktivitäten zur nachhaltigen Wirtschaftsentwicklung
 
Bonn // 25.07.2018

Import Promotion Desk intensiviert Aktivitäten zur nachhaltigen Wirtschaftsentwicklung

Deutsche Initiative zur Importförderung in 13 Ländern und 5 Sektoren aktiv

Bonn/Berlin, 25.07.2018 – Seit 2012 eröffnet das Import Promotion Desk (IPD) kleinen und mittelständischen Unternehmen aus ausgewählten Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländern den Zugang zum EU-Markt. Mit dem Beginn der dritten Projektphase weitet das IPD seine Aktivitäten auf 13 Partnerländer und fünf Branchen aus. Das IPD unterstützt Exportunternehmen auf der sogenannten „letzten Meile“: Es begleitet die Produzenten auf den europäischen Markt, vermittelt Kontakte mit Importeuren und schließt damit eine strategische Lücke an der Schnittstelle von Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Außenwirtschaft.

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Events

Buying missions // Dates on request
Buying missions – individually organised to your requirements
 
Buying missions // Dates on request

Buying missions – individually organised to your requirements

Lower your sourcing costs!

Are you looking for a specific product? And you don’t know yet from where, from whom?
You are interested in importing products from Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Nepal, Peru, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia or Tunisia? But you lack contacts to suitable exporters?
Finding reliable suppliers takes time and costs money.

The IPD supports you to reduce this effort and opens up new foreign supply sources.
We organize buying missions individually arranged for you – fully tailored to your needs.

You tell us your demands. We identify suitable exporters in our partner countries and
arrange – in consultation with you –  visits to carefully selected companies.

All suppliers are visited by us in advance and evaluated according to strict criteria, including product quality, export capacities, compliance with international standards and certifications etc.  

Your benefits:
•    Direct contact to thoroughly tested exporters – selected according to your requirements
•    Inspection of product quality and production conditions directly on the spot.
•    Tailored-made b2b meetings.

Take advantage of our offer. Save time and reduce your risk!
We look forward to providing you with detailed information about our services.

Get in touch with us!

Trade fair in Frankfurt // 27.11. - 29.11.2018
Health Ingredients Europe 2018
 
Trade fair in Frankfurt // 27.11. - 29.11.2018

Health Ingredients Europe 2018

Europe's leading health, natural and nutrition show

This year the IPD accompanies reliable companies from Egypt, Colombia and Kyrgyzstan to the HiE fair in Frankfurt.

Are you looking for a specific product? And you want to be sure that the product quality is good, the supplier reliable?

We will connect you with selected exporters of natural ingredients and arrange individual B2B meetings directly at the trade fair. Our companies will bring along a variety of products at HiE 2018.

The Egyptian company Tiba Starch & Glucose Manufacturing will be presenting, for example, food-grade maltodextrin, glucose and rice protein. Rice protein is a still little known superfood, which is not only extremely nutritious and contains vital and mineral substances and trace elements, but is also very tasty. Visit the company in Hall 8F 100.

From Colombia the company Protécnica will bring a new product, the special Magdalena River Nut Oil, which is extracted from nuts that grow along the Magdalena River. Due to its high content of unsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E, the native oil offers excellent anti-oxidative and moisturizing properties. Furthermore, clinical studies have proven its anti-aging effect.

In adddition, the Colombian producer SERO Colombia offers freeze-dried tropical fruits such as organic acai, bananas, pineapples or mangos, as well as freeze-dried aloe vera powder (100x or 200x) used as ingredient for the cosmetic and health food industries.

The Kyrgyz exporter Biovit presents extracts from chamomile, marigold, Hypericum androsaemum, liquorice and Mumijo/Shilajit.

All companies have been pre-selected and carefully evaluated by IPD. Criteria such as product quality, export capability and capacity as well as compliance with international standards and certifications have been considered.

We connect you with reliable suppliers. Take advantage of the HiE fair for individual meetings. Arrange an appointment now!

Detailed information about the companies and their products you find here. 

For arranging an appointment or any further questions plaes contact us:

Nicky Buizer (Colombia)
Kathrin Seelige (Kyrgyzstan)
Judith Emmerling (Egypt)

www.figlobal.com/hieurope

Trade fair in Hannover // 11.01. - 14.01.2019
Domotex 2019
 
Trade fair in Hannover // 11.01. - 14.01.2019

Domotex 2019

New wood species from sustainable forestry

At Domotex 2019 - the world's leading trade fair for floor coverings in Hanover - IPD will once again be presenting innovative suppliers from Peru in cooperation with the export agency PromPerú. The producers have new woods in their luggage, which were not yet available on the German market.
Detailed information on the exporters will be available here from January.

For further information in advance please contact:

Frank Maul

www.domotex.de

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Publications

Success Story
Tropical timber from sustainably managed forests
 
Success Story

Tropical timber from sustainably managed forests

IPD OPENS UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERUVIAN TIMBER EXPORTERS ON THE EU MARKET

The tropical rainforest is at risk from overexploitation and fire clearance, and this has brought trading in tropical timber into disrepute. Timber companies from countries like Peru therefore encounter difficulties in exporting their tropical wood products to the EU market. They are supported by the Import Promotion Desk (IPD), the precondition being that their timber is verifiably sourced from legal and sustainable forestry. Maderacre Rio Acre SAC is a company that meets the criteria of the FSC, demonstrating in practice that responsible forest management can help to protect the rainforest.

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Success Story
GIZ and IPD collaboration in Nepal bearing fruit
 
Success Story

GIZ and IPD collaboration in Nepal bearing fruit

SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EXPORT PROMOTION

Within the framework of the “Nepal Trade Integration Strategy” GIZ and the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) are supporting a model project promoting the export of medicinal and aromatic plants. The project shows how specific sectoral support can help establish efficient value creation chains and enable Nepalese firms direct access to the German trade market. The half-time evaluation of the export promotion programme in Nepal showed that in 2016 alone Nepalese producers exported to the EU medicinal plant products worth 1.2 million Euros.

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Success Story
Medicinal and aromatic plants from the Himalaya
 
Success Story

Medicinal and aromatic plants from the Himalaya

CO-OPERATION PROJECT BETWEEN GIZ AND IPD ENCOURAGES THE EXPANSION OF NEPALESE EXPORTS

Trade in medicinal and aromatic plants is an important source of income for the Nepalese population and makes an important contribution to the national economy. In Nepal the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) are working together to support enterprises with the marketing of these highly sought-after plants. One company to benefit from this co-operation is the exporter Satya International.

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